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" ... dispelled by the final deliverance or destruction of the Roman empire. The single combats of the heroes of history or fable amuse our fancy and engage our affections: the skilful evolutions of war may inform the mind, and improve a necessary, though... "
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Seite 239
von Edward Gibbon - 1821
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Gibbon's History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, repr ..., Band 5

Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 Seiten
...war may inform the mind, and improve a necessary, though pernicious, science ; but, in the uniform and odious pictures of a general assault, all is blood,...adequate idea. The immediate loss of Constantinople may be ascribed to the bullet, or arrow, which pierced the gauntlet of John Justiniani. The sight of...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent prose and ..., Band 3

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 Seiten
...the mind, and improve a necessary, though pernicious science. But in the uniform and odious picture of a general assault, all is blood, and horror, and...adequate idea. The immediate loss of Constantinople may be ascribed to the bullet, or arrow, which pierced the gauntlet of John Justiniani. The sight of...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral ..., Band 3,Teile 5-6

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 Seiten
...the mind, and improve a necessary, though pernicious science. But in the uniform and odious picture of a general assault, all is blood, and horror, and...adequate idea. The immediate loss of Constantinople may be ascribed to the bullet, or arrow, which pierced the gauntlet of John Justiniani. The sight of...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent prose and ..., Band 3

New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 Seiten
...the mind, and improve a necessary, though pernicious science. But in the uniform and odious picture of a general assault, all is blood, and horror, and...adequate idea. The immediate loss of Constantinople may be ascribed to the bullet, or arrow, which pierced the gauntlet of John Justiniani. The sight of...
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The signs of the times, as denoted by fulfilment of historical ..., Band 1

Alexander Keith - 1832 - 384 Seiten
...of war may inform the mind, and improve a necessary though pernicious science ; but in the uniform and odious pictures of a general assault, all is blood,...incapable of forming any just or adequate idea."* By these three was the THIRD PART of men KILLED, by THE FIRE, AND BY THE SMOKE, AND BY THE BRIMSTONE,...
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The Signs of the Times: As Denoted by the Fulfilment of Historical ..., Band 1

Alexander Keith - 1832 - 392 Seiten
...evolutions of war may inform the mind, and improve a necessary though pernicious science; but in the uniform and odious pictures of a general assault, all is blood,...incapable of forming any just or adequate idea."* By these three was the THIRD PART of men KILLED, by THE FIRE, AND BV THE SMOKE, AND BY T1IK BRIMSTONE,...
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The signs of the times, as denoted by fulfilment of historical ..., Band 1

Alexander Keith - 1832 - 374 Seiten
...necessary though pernicious science ; but in the uniform aud odious pictures of a general assault, ail is blood, and horror, and confusion : nor shall I...incapable of forming any just or adequate idea."* By these three was the THIRD p AKT of men KILLED, by THE FIRE, AND BY THE SMOKE, AND BY THB BRIMSTONE,...
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Historical Causes and Effects: From the Fall of the Roman Empire, 476, to ...

William Sullivan - 1838 - 640 Seiten
...is blood, horror, and confusion ; nor shall I strive, at the distance of three centuries, and 1000 miles, to delineate a scene of which there could be...were incapable of forming any just or adequate idea. Amidst these multitudes, the emperor, who accomplished all the duties of a general and a soldier, was...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 6

Edward Gibbon - 1851 - 694 Seiten
...of war may inform the mind, and improve a necessary, though pernicious, science. But in the uniform and odious pictures of a general assault, all is blood,...adequate idea. The immediate loss of Constantinople may be ascribed to the bullet, or arrow, which pierced the gauntlet of John Justiniani. The sight of...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 1

Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 628 Seiten
...«f war may inform the mind, and improve a necessary, though pernicious, science ; but in the uniform and odious pictures of a general assault, all is blood,...adequate idea. The immediate loss of Constantinople may be ascribed to the bullet, or arrow, which pierced the gauntlet of John Justiniani. The sight of...
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